Ireland is going to significantly exceed its greenhouse gas emission targets for 2030, the Environmental Protection Agency has said.

Met Éireann has forecast that temperatures could rise to as high as 31C after the Irish record for the month of May was broken three times in two days.

Over 160 Irish peacekeepers were welcomed home by family and friends at Dublin Airport, following a six-month deployment with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon.

Rescuers were "racing against time" to extract seven people trapped in a flooded cave for a week in Laos, a specialist diver involved in the operation said.

House prices are expected to rise by around 4% this year, according to the latest analysis from Bank of Ireland.